The Outsiders: Chapter 1 Outline Directions: Copy the Outline and Fill In the Blanks With a Major Event that Happened In Between

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The Outsiders Chapter 1 OutlineDirections
Copy the Outline and Fill In the Blanks With a
Major Event that Happened In Between

• Chapter 1 _____________________
• Ponyboy Curtis, brother of ____ and ___ Curtis,
  walks home from the movies.
• Ponyboy introduces the Greasers
• Ponyboy walks home from the movies and the Socs
  threaten him
• Pony flashes back to how Johnny got jumped by the
  Socs
• _______________________________
• Darry runs off the Socs who cut Pony with a blade
• The Greasers chase the Socs and throw rocks and
  their car
• Pony goes home to read the book, Great
  Expectations
• ___________________________________________
• Finally, SE Hinton did not title her chapters.
  What would be a GREAT title for Chapter 1? Write
  your answer on the space provided in Roman
  Numeral I.

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Chapter 1 Notes

• These are items that will be found on the final
  test.
• So, take good notes!

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The Outsiders

• When was the book FIRST published?
• Author is S. E. Hinton
• A little background on the author

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Settings

• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1960s
• West Side vs. East Side of Town
• the drive-in theatre
• the lot
• the church at Windrixville
• the Curtis house
• the hospital

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Where is Oklahoma?
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Oklahoma

• Oklahoma's two most populous cities are Oklahoma
  City and Tulsa.

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• Why do you think S.E. Hinton chose to set her
  novel in Oklahoma in the 1960s?

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• What point of view is the novel told from?

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Major Characters

• PONYBOY CURTIS
• JOHNNY CADE
• DALLAS DALLY WINSTON
• Who do you think is whom on the cover?

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Ponyboy Curtis

• narrator
• good student
• fourteen years old
• likes watching sunsets and reading (Gone with the
  Wind, Great Expectations, Nothing Gold Can
  Stay)
• Greaser
• sensitive
• Darry says Pony lacks common sense--doesnt
  always use his head

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Johnny Cade

• the pet of the gang
• sixteen years old
• physically small
• lives in an abusive household
• has been jumped by the Socs before and now
  carries a blade with him
• Dally is his hero

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Dally Winston

• tough
• lived in New York City
• has been in jail

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Minor Characters

• Sodapop Curtis
• Darrel Darry Curtis
• Sherry Cherry Valance
• Bob
• Randy

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Slang Within the Novel

• cancer stickcigarette
• JDjuvenile delinquent
• boozealcohol or beer
• heaterhand gun
• fuzzpolice
• jumpedto be attacked
• rumblegang fight
• hoodsthugs (not Greasers)
• liftto steal

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Allusions

• 1967 Corvair

• Mustang

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Allusions

• Madras (plaid) Shirt

• Paul Newman

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• Questions so far?

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